Record

RefNoCMB/118/1/4
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of the British National Committee for the History of Science
Date28 March 1962
DescriptionPaper ref; NH/6 (62) and C/66 (62)

Present at the meeting at CJB House, Paddington, London: Sir Harold Hartley int eh Chair; Mr H Clausen; Professor D McKie; Professor W D M Paton; Professoe A W Skempton; Dr E A Underwood

Matters discussed;
1. Membership - Professor A E SKempton appointed in place of Sir Gavin de Beer who resigned in December 1961

2. Minutes of the meeting held on 25 October 1961

3. X International Congress of the History fo Science

4. Title of the History Division of IUHPS

5. Scientific Manuscripts - see paper NH/3 (62) by Mr R N Quirk on this subject, and OM/19 (62) correspondence with Sir Lawrence Bragg concerning microfilm copying of manuscripts. Committee attached great importance to the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts and had appointed Professor D McKie as liaison between the Committee and teh Commission

6. Teaching of the History of Science

7. Archives International d'Histoire des Sciences
Extent2p
FormatTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
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